<h3 class="tm6 tm7"><span class="tm8"></span><span class="tm9">Jameson is a blended</span> Irish whisky produced by Irish Distillers, an affiliated company of Pernod Ricard. The company was founded in 1780 when John Jameson created the Bow Street Distillery in Dublin. Jameson was scottish, a lawyer from Alloa, married to Margaret Haig, sister of the founders of the leading Haig companies, who were related to the Steins, a Scottish family in the distillery business in Dublin. In the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland there are portraits of John and Margaret Jameson, belonging to Sir Henry Raeburn. Originally one of Dublin's top six whiskeys, Jameson is now distilled in cork. In 2013, annual sales reached 4 million boxes (48 million bottles). Jameson is certainly the highest-selling Irish whiskey in the world, and has been selling on the international market since the early 19th century, when John Jameson and his son (also called John) produced more than one million gallons (3.8 million liters) a year.</h3> <h3 class="tm5 tm6" style="text-align:left;"></h3>